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5 M T M V N I Patented May 30, "399. J. S. KELSO, JR. &. P. L. WILB UR.

HOLDER FOR ROAD MAPS.

(Application filed Nov 8, 1897 I: mums vz'rens co. woruuwa. WASMINGTON. n, c.

(No Model) WITNESS NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN s. KELSO, JR, AND PETERL. WILBURQOF NEW YORK, N. r; SAID KELSO ASSIGNOR TO JOHN w. CRUMP, or SAME PLACE.

HOLDER FOR ROAD-MAPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,844, dated May 30, 1899.

Application filed November 8,1897. Serial No. 657,869. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern: rim 13, and extending longitudinally of the Be it known that we, JOHN S. KELSO, Jr., end piece 11 and the cap 12 are two shafts 14,

and PETER L. lVILBUm'citizens ofthe United each of which projects through the cap 12 States, residing at New York, in the county and is provided with a milled head 15, and,

of New York and State of New York,haveinas shown in the drawings, the shafts 14 are 55 vented certain newand useful Improvements provided adjacent to the inner surface of the in Holders or Casings for Road-Maps, of cap -12 each with a grooved pulley 16, and

which the following is a full and complete mounted on these pulleys 1G isacord or band specification, such as will enable those skilled 17. The end piece 11 and the cap 12 are also in the art to which the invention appertains connected near their upper sides by a longi- 60 to make and use the same. tudinalplate 18, which is convexo-concave This invention. relates to holders orcasings in cross-section, and near their lower sides for road-maps for use in connectiolrwith biby a similar plate 19, which is preferably cycles and other vehicles; and the object much narrower than the plate 18, and in thereof is to provide an improved device of practice the road-map is wound on the this class which is adapted to be connected shafts 14, said shafts constituting rollers for with the handle-bar; and the invention'conthis purpose, and'by turning one of the knobs sists in the construction, combination, and or heads 15 said map may be unwound from arrangement of parts hereinafter described one of said shafts or rollers and wound onto 20 and claimed. the other, as may be desired and as will be The invention is fully disclosed in the folreadily understood, and we also in practice lowing specification, of which the accompapreferably provide two tapes 21, which are nying drawings form a part, in whichof the same length as the map and to which Figure 1 is a plan view of our improved the map is secured, the tapes being secured 25 road-map casing or holder, part of the same to the shafts or rollers 14, the object of this being broken away, so as to better show the construction being to prevent the tearing of interior construction; Fig. 2, a plan view of the map or otherwise injuring it; but if the a detachable frame which forms a part theremap be made of strong material it can be seof; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section on the line cured directly to the shafts or rollers 16 and 0 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 a cross-section on the tapes 21 need not be employed. the line 4 4 of Fig. 1. In order to make this device useful at night,

In the drawings forming part of this speciwe contemplate coating the upper surface of fication the separate parts of our improvethe plate 18 with luminous paint or similar ment are designated by the same numerals material in order that the map may be read 5 of reference in each of the views, and in the or examined in the dark, and in this event practice of ourinvention we provide a casing the material of which the map is made will 5, which is oblong in form and which is prefbe translucent. erably of the shape in cross-section shown in We also secure to the bottom of the casing V Fig. 4:, said casing being longitudinally con- 5 a clamp 22, of ordinary form and construc- 40 cave centrallyof the bottomthereof, as shown tion, by means of which the holder may be at 6, and the top thereof being convex and secured to the handle 5, and two or more of provided with a longitudinal rectangular said clamps may be employed, if desired. opening '7,in which is mounted a transparent The frame, consisting of the end plates 11 plate 8 of glass, mica, or other suit-able inaand the cap 12, may be inserted into the eas- 5 terial. ing 5 whenever desired, and in this operation The casing 5 is provided at one end with the cap 12 closes one end of the casing 5 and an end piece 9, having afiange or rim 10, and the flange or rim 13 thereof overlaps said cas' the opposite end thereof is open and adapted ing and corresponds with the flange or rim 10 to receive a frame consisting of an end piece on the end piece 9 thereof, and whenever it is 5o 11 and a cap 12, provided with a flange or desired to adjust the map or put on a new map the said frame is removed, said frame being held in position by friction. The pulleys 16 and the cord 17 are not absolutely necessary, and in some cases the device will opcrate better without them, all that is necessary being to revolvethe shafts or rollers 14;

'bymeans of the caps or heads 15, and the operation of one of said shafts or rollers will operate the other, as will be readily understood, through the agency of the map itself or the tapes 21.

ing of a casing closed at one end and open at the other, and provided with an opening in the top thereof, rotatable shafts mounted in said casing, a luminous plate situated within the casing and above said shafts, and a map com posed of translucent material and adapted to be wound on said shafts and drawn over said plate, substantially as shown and described.

2. A device of the class described, consisting of a casing closed at one end and open at the other, and provided with an opening in the top thereof, rotatable shafts mounted in said casing, a luminous plate situated within the casing and above said shafts, and a map composed of translucent material and adapted to be wound on said shafts and drawn over said plate, said shafts being geared in connection, substantially as shown and described.

3. A map-holder for bicycles and other vehicles, consisting -'of a casing adapted to be connected with a handle-bar, said casing being provided with an opening in the top thereof, a luminous plate mounted beneath the opening in the top of the casing, two shafts mounted beneath said plate and at or near the opposite ends thereof, and a map composed of translucent material which is adapted to be wound on said shafts, and drawn over said plate, substantially asshown and described.

4:. A map-holder, comprising an oblong casing open at one end and provided in the top thereof with an oblong opening, and a detachable frame which is adapted to be inserted into the open end of said casing and which is provided at one end with a cap which is adapted to close the open end of said casing, said frame being provided with two longitudinal parallel shafts which project through said cap, and with a plate which is situated above said shafts, said shafts being adapted to receive a map which in the operation of the device is drawn over said plate, said shafts and said plate being removable from said casing with the said frame, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signed our names, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 5th day of November, 1897.

' JOHN S. KELSO, JR. PETER L. WILBUR. Witnesses L. M. MULLER, M. A. KNOWLES. 

